24. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently address the unacceptable average waiting time for a driver test appointment of 27 weeks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26099/25]
877. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she would detail the public nursing homes available for older people in each LHO area, in tabular form. [25900/25]
858. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she can assist a medical student currently in a college abroad, to secure a clinical placement in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25819/25]
842. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); who has been deemed suitable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25698/25]
785. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if her Department will examine and intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25176/25]
781. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health in light of concerns across the Iveragh Peninsula, if an urgent intervention can be made to ensure the opening of two hospice beds in Cahersiveen Community Hospital, County Kerry, which are vital to the entire region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25154/25]
738. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with the Minister for Transport to source additional funding for private roads leading to farms and residences in rural areas where access is very difficult at present, especially for emergency vehicles, health workers etc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25876/25]
311. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently expand the Local Link Service, at Portmagee, County Kerry, the gateway to Skellig Michael, and a very popular tourist route, as the service currently only runs three days a week, lagging far behind other towns and villages in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25765/25]
192. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider Killarney, County Kerry, as a host town for meetings of the Presidency of the European Union in 2026. [25934/25]
145. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure farm inspections are scheduled with at least two weeks' notice, avoid inspections during the lambing period, and consider conducting inspections during shearing from mid-June to mid-July or ramming from mid-September to early November to minimise disruption for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25733/25]
115. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the collection of sheep wool from farmers is a priority of his Department as many producers are having difficulty disposing of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25679/25]
27. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will next meet. [22659/25]
295. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1741 of 29 April 2025, if the details requested will be issued to this Deputy, given the response is not accurate and Kerry County Council does not have anything to do with the processing or issuing of foreshore licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25007/25]
273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice to urgently expedite the processing of a family spouse unification visa application for a person (details supplied); the reason this application is taking so long to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25006/25]
272. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice to expedite a joint family, type D visa application that was originally submitted in March 2024 in respect of a Kerry constituent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25005/25]
247. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to introduce a housing community living scheme for senior citizens who have indicated a wish to relocate from rural areas in County Kerry into towns and villages around the county where they can access services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25040/25]
246. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to request Kerry County Council to open up, as a matter of priority, a low-cost sites scheme in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, where there are serviced sites available for a number of years at Over the Water, Cahersiveen and where there is demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25029/25]
200. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if the footpath and road realignment project will be expedited on the N70 Ring of Kerry, from Laune Bridge out as far as the new hub on the Killorglin-Killarney road, County Kerry, including major safety improvement works to the dangerous bend on the Killarney side of the hub at Anglont (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25009/25]
187. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the bust of General San Martin will be put on public display (details supplied); if consideration will be given, in consultation with the Office of Public Works, to the placement of this bust in the Daniel O’Connell House in Derrynane, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25008/25]
145. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the measures he is taking to tackle retail crime and how these measures are being rolled out in towns across Kerry. [24782/25]
96. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish a national planning statement on short-term letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24644/25]
13. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for increasing the housing options available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence; if he will provide an update on the development of a policy on rightsizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24643/25]
194. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the strategies in place to ensure the continuous supply of prescription drugs to pharmacies throughout the country (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24664/25]
184. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason a person in County Kerry (details supplied) has not received any respite in Cunamh Iveragh, Cahersiveen, County Kerry, this family has not received respite in four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24553/25]
123. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to make it compulsory for company's delivering the hot meals scheme in County Kerry to deliver to all schools in that area and not discriminate due to distance and remoteness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24679/25]
85. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the significant barriers in progressing to the Professional Master of Education (PME) program due to the Teaching Council's current lack of recognition of Irish Sign Language as an eligible qualification (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24594/25]
83. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to incorporate Irish Sign Language into the national curriculum, particularly at the Junior and Leaving Certificate levels (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24570/25]
26. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if an urgent examination can be conducted of a section of the Ring of Kerry road, at Fossa, Killarney, given that there are very real health and safety issues, and a general consensus that the road is simply too narrow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24625/25]
14. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to expedite an Eir broadband connection in respect of an applicant in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24562/25]
1180. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the possibility could be examined of amalgamating appointments (details supplied), as trying to get to all of the appointments in two different places will be very difficult and stressful on the family concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24317/25]
1158. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the redress that has already been delivered and is further planned for patients and their families who were found to have suffered at the hands of the children and adolescent mental health services in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20989/25]
1157. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the infrastructure needs at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied). [15084/25]
1119. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the current situation whereby vulnerable elderly sick people in need of nursing home care, either short- or long-term, are being placed in nursing homes miles away from their families and friends (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23980/25]
1034. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently examine the possibility of carrying out procedures that qualify under the EU cross border initiative in Irish hospitals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23470/25]
1033. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to make the new, life changing prostate cancer therapy, pluvicto, a treatment that has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, available to all public patients at the earliest possible date; the cost of this treatment; how soon will it be available to patients in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23469/25]
921. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an ACRES payment in respect of farmers in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23455/25]
817. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine a case affecting carers allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24010/25]
816. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the means test allowance for single people over 70 years to qualify for fuel allowance in line with couples (details supplied); if he will take into consideration that it is the same cost to heat a house for a single person as it is for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23977/25]
815. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be increased, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23976/25]
784. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently intervene and correct a genuine mistake in a birth certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23982/25]
772. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reinstate the refurbishment costs as part of the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24351/25]
757. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to immediately request local authorities to refrain from increasing rents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23979/25]
736. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allocate the low cost sites that are available at Over The Water, Cahersiveen, County Kerry for many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23656/25]
646. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on a festival (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23999/25]
635. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide funding to a traditional music festival of renown in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23735/25]
564. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine a recent RTÉ programme on two Christian Brothers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23381/25]
479. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will urgently increase the tax-free allowance bands for older people in line with the increases to the old age pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23978/25]